Tyre Nichols: Family urges calm ahead of video release

The family of a Memphis man who died after a traffic stop turned violent is calling for calm ahead of the release of a video of the police encounter.

Tyre Nichols, 29, died days after the 7 January encounter with five ex-police officers who now face murder charges.

Family members and officials say body camera footage of the incident shows Mr Nichols was brutally beaten.

His family say they don’t “want any type of disturbance” when it is made public.

“We want peaceful protests,” stepfather Rodney Wells said during a press conference on Friday afternoon. “That’s what the family wants. That’s what the community wants.

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Ms Davis told CNN earlier on Friday that she was horrified by the incident and that the officers’ actions “defy humanity”.

She likened the video to 1991 footage of Los Angeles police officers beating black motorist Rodney King, an event that caused outrage around the world and forced reforms in the LAPD.

The video of the Nichols’ incident is scheduled to be released in four separate clips on Friday evening, local time.

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